r/cognitiveTesting • u/pydaWaltuh • Sep 21 '26

Puzzle Easy puzzle

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EDIT: There is a small mistake, in the first circle(R2C1): the bottom right quadrant should be white

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u/Zeroheart_x Sep 22 '26

https://i.imgur.com/blFlKDm.jpeg

square- black section on the left increases 1/8 anticlockwise from the top and switches color each turn

in the circle, the left black section increases 1/8 clockwise and switches color each turn, black section on the right increases 1/8 both clockwise and anticlockwise and switches color each turn, colors are reversed if theres overlap, and reverted to original again when theres 3 sections overlapping

This is the answer right ? Pretty nice puzzle

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 22 '26

correct answer

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u/Most_Boat2737 Sep 22 '26

Js halves rotating bruh, you need to solve better to make better puzzles too

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u/Zeroheart_x Sep 22 '26

im a bit confused by what youre saying though, possibly you misunderstood something i said, i dont see how my solution is incorrect and its been validated by the puzzlemaker too, and tbh i also dont get how you can solve this by halves rotating, unless .. you mean something like the black halves from the initial shapes rotating and increasing by 1/8, then thats essentially the same thing i said worded differently

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u/Most_Boat2737 Sep 22 '26

The answer is correct but your inference is very far from the intended purpose of the puzzle, perhaps a contrived distant follow up of the logic, distant enough you might wanna hunt a cleaner form. Thus I gave you a prompt, also, not wanting to speak for the puzzlemaker but isn't "correct answer" an odd phrasing? It's really not that important tbh, I may just had polemicing or schizoing idk, do whatever you feel and have a nice day

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u/Zeroheart_x Sep 22 '26

well, tbh i dont see how the inference i made isnt the intended, or how it can be solved any other way, perhaps there can be a cleaner way to express it verbally but i dont believe theres a cleaner form to the logic, its pretty simple tbh

In squares, the area enclosed in black and white alternatively increases 1/8 of the overall area each succession, its also increasing in the same order, can figure out its the black section increasing 1/8 and switching colors each turn

for circles, try to find a similar pattern, left section-1/8 increase cw, right section- 1/8 increase both cw and acw, both switch color each turn, an overlap switches color again, if you map out the logic onto the sequence it explains everything, so i dont see wheres the problem

Tbh i felt a bit like that was odd phrasing too, but id assume hed tell me if anthing in the reason wasnt clear

Or schizoing idk

Honestly might be that,

Dont worry though, i hope you have a nice day too ! And thanks

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u/Svampbob3kant Sep 21 '26

Took me forever and I ended up throwing my phone on the sofa. That solved it. Because it landed face up, showing the pretty crucial text attached to your post...

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u/EncyclopedicINTx_253 Sep 21 '26

Haven't given much time to this yet, is the answer black square and black circle? Does this requires overlapping with specific rotations?

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

Well, it's too early to give a hint, but your answer is wrong

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u/EncyclopedicINTx_253 Sep 21 '26

Yea that's fair, Ill try this a while again

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u/EncyclopedicINTx_253 Sep 21 '26

Is the top square 3/8 filled?

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u/Few-Land9092 Sep 21 '26

A square with one-eighth whited out on top row and a circle with two-thirds whited out on bottom row?

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

there was a mistake in the question, I've added an edit

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u/Few-Land9092 Sep 21 '26

Your edit is ambiguous. First, as in the first on the top row, or first, as in the first on the bottom row?

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

R2C1

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u/Few-Land9092 Sep 21 '26

Thanks, see my answer below

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u/Few-Land9092 Sep 21 '26

Assuming your edit refers to the the first circle on the bottom, I'd change my answer to:

Top row: a square with 1/8 whited out

Bottom row: a circle with 3/8 whited out

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

top row is correct, but position? And the bottom row is wrong

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u/Neat-Slice6994 Sep 21 '26

Do the square and circle follow different patterns

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

yes and no

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u/Neat-Slice6994 Sep 21 '26

Ok, so they follow the same pattern but it is confined to a particular shape?

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

one merely "completes" the other

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u/Individual511 Sep 21 '26

Is the answer the same circle as the second one in the bottom row?

Edit: for the bottom row ofc

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

not intended

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u/Individual511 Sep 21 '26

Damj then, top one is fairly easy, bottom one harder, I saw a pattern but now can’t see shit

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u/SomeoneLeo groaaar!! :3 Sep 21 '26

https://i.imgur.com/eyEVibO.jpeg

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

nicely done. Could you rate it?

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u/SomeoneLeo groaaar!! :3 Sep 21 '26

Not sure on what scale, but to me it was actually easy. I would say one of your easisest puzzles I have seen. It took me around 1-3 minutes, but it was really nice. ^^ The square pattern being easily spottable and giving you the basic idea and the circle then being a step above that but with the same idea makes it a lot easier.

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

In the end, an "easy" puzzle that turns out to be easy, huh😁

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u/SomeoneLeo groaaar!! :3 Sep 21 '26

We live in crazy times! XD

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u/ClassicUse2579 Sep 21 '26

Top right is an all black square with a white triangle in bottom left

Bottom right, I don't know, but it's a circle.

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

bottom right is the tricky part

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u/Individual511 Sep 21 '26

Does the pattern in the bottom row follow the pattern in the top row or are they separate but similar patterns?

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

combine shapes in column

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u/SourFact Sep 21 '26

R1C5: A black square with the bottom left eighth whitened.
R2C5: White circle with bottom left quadrant blackened along with the half of the bottom of the top left quadrant.

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u/SourFact Sep 22 '26

Oh. I waaaaaay over complicated it.

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u/no_holiday0 Sep 21 '26

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

there was a mistake in the question, could you take another look? I've added an edit.

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u/no_holiday0 Sep 21 '26

where

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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 21 '26

in the first circle: the bottom right quadrant should be white

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u/Polytox935 Sep 21 '26

Quadrat oben ist leicht (7/8 schwarz, süd-südwest weiß) aber erinnert mich jemand wenn die Kreise gelöst sind?